Trimming-button.



J. H. STYLES.

THINIMING BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED rEB.18,i9|s.

Lmm. Patented May 1917.

WITFD TAlF@ PATENT DFFIDF@ JOSEPH H. STYLES, OF NEW' YORK, 1\T. Y., ASSIGNOR TO DEFIANCE BUTTON MACHINE C0.

OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TRIIVIMING-BUTTON.

Application filed February 18, 1916.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH II. STYLES, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of New York, borough of Manhattan,

' 5 county and Sta-te of New York, have in for decorative or artistic effects yin contradistinction to the uses of ordinary buttons adapted for the purpose of fastening garments.

A demand now exists in the art pertaining to garment making, particularly in the manufacture of wearing apparel for womens wear, for a decorative button which is to be sewed t the garment to secure the effect produced by a row or assemblage of buttons. The ordinary button used for fastening the parts of garments is not adapted for this decorative purpose for the reasons, mainly, that the button will not lie flat against the fabric and the stitches are exposed so as to be visible to the eye.

The objects of my invention are, first, to produce an article of this character which will lie close to or flat against the fabric so as to be secured thereto by invisible stitches, and, second, to manufacture the article economically and rapidly in a manner to secure an exposed surface finish to match or to contrast with the garment. i

The salient feature of vmy invention is a flat back button the rear of which is covered with a layer of material through which the stitches can easily pass when sewing the article to a garment.

In a preferred form, the back part or member comprises a cup-shaped metal shell with a. flat rear portion, a fabric covering which incases the back and rim portion of said shell, and a filling member inserted within the shell and cooperating with the rim thereof in retaining the edge of the fabric covering.

The front of the button comprises a metal shell separate from Mthe shell of the back member and a suitable facing material retained by the front shell when the latter is crimped or folded by the operation of suitable dies to attach the front member to the back member.,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 22, 19M'.

serial No. 79,012.

Other features and advantages of the invention will appear from the following detailed description taken in connection with the drawings, wherein- Figure l is a vertical section through the back portion of a button adapted for trimming purposes as contemplated by this invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of' a filler member adapted for use in the manufacture of the button back, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the metallic shell adapted for usein the manufacture of the button back illustrated in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the fabric cover adapted for use on the button back of Fig. l.

Fig. 5 is a vertical section through a complete trimming button the back member of which is constructed as in Fig. 1.

Figs. 6 and 7 are vertical sections through other embodiments of the trimming button, the back member of which is constructed as in Fig. l.

In the manufacture of the back member of the button I employ the three parts shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, respectively, of the drawings to produce the back member illustrated in a complete form in Fig. l. VOne of the parts referred to is a metal shell A shown in detail in Fig. 3, said shell havinga flat back a and a peripheral flange b. The flat back is in the form of a disk from which extends the circular peripheral flange b, the whole being composed or struck up from a single piece of sheet metal.

Another element of the back member. is a covering C, the same being in the form of a disk, the diameter of which exceeds that of the metal shell A. The cover may be composed of cloth, canvas or any other fabric or material suitable for the purpose. The third part of the back member is a filling disk D, the diameter of which is slightly less than the internal diameter of the metallic cup-shaped shell A.

The foregoing` parts A, C, D are assembled in a suitable die and they are united under pressure in such manner that the edge portion of the fabric back C is folded around the fiange b of shell A, the marginal edges of the fabric back being infolded with respect to the shell, as at c in Fig. l, whereby the filling member D coperates with the shell in frictionallyl gripping the edge portion 0f the fabric cover C. The fabric cover is drawn tightly around the back and the flange of the metal shell so that said fabric cover conforms to the cross sectional contour of the shell, the exposed surface of the fabric cover being fiat and corresponding to the flat back of the shell. The inturned edge c of the fabric cover is interposed between the 'Bange of the shell and the edge of the filling member D whereby the filling member D when forced under pressure will frictionally grip the inturned edge of the fabric cover, although the edge of the flange l; forming a part of the metallic shell may be crimped or turned in with respect to the infolded marginal portion c of the fabric cover and the peripheral edge of the filling part D. 1t is apparent that this filling part D may be composed of compressed paper or any other material suitable for the purpose.

The back member shown in Fig. 1 and heretofore described is unfinished with re spect to the front or exposed sidethereof, but this exposed surface may be completed and finished in a variety of ways, some of which are shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7 of the drawings. The front member of the button shown in Figs. 5 and 6 consists of a metallic shell E and a suitable'covering F. The cover' is fitted tightly upon the metal shell so that the marginal portions of the cover will be infolded at In Fig. 5 the front member consists of a concave-convex shell E provided with an exterior cover F, whereas in Fig. 6 the shell E is approxi mately se1nispherical so as to impart the desired shape to the front cover F. In each instance shown in Figs. 5 and 6 the metallic shell is applied to the back member so that the edge portion of the shell will be crimped around the back member in order to clamp the exposed cover permanently in position, but as appears from said F 5 and 6, the back cover C is flat and it is exposed so that it may be applied flat against the garment and be sewed thereto by stitches which pass through said back cover C and which are concealed by the trimming button.

In Fig. 7 of the drawings the back of the button is formed, as heretofore described, of the three parts A, B, C, but the front thereof consists of a metal shell G and a disk H. @ne edge portion of the shell G is folded and pressed by dies around the back part of the button, whereas the edge g of the shell G is infolded for the purpose of clamping the front H permanently in position across the filling member D form ing an integral part of the back member. The front disk H may be composed of celluloid, paper or any other material appropriate for the purpose and adapted to impart an ornamental appearance to the trimming button.

Freni the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings it is apparent that the trimming button produced by my invention is adapted to be applied to the fabric of a garment so that the entire area of the back portion will be in contact with the garment whereby said trimming button is adapted to lie flat against the 0'arment. lt is apparent, also, that the trimming button can be attached readily to the garment by passing the stitches through the garment and the fabric covering C, the stitches being concealed from. view by the trimming button. The article is simple, easily applied and economical of manufacture so as to meet the requirements of the trade.

Having thus fully described the invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A. vgarment trimming element the rear of which is free from a sew-on protuberance and comprising an imperforate flatbacl metal shell, a fabric cover incasing the shell and the marginal portions being infolded within said shell, and a filling member' composed of stiff material fitted tightly within said shell and in contact with said infolded marginal portions of the fabric cover, that part of the fabric cover which conceals the rear of the shell being free from direct attachment thereto and af fording means whereby the garment trimming element may as an entirety be sewed to a dress fabric, or the like, by stitches which pass through said fabric cover and lie in a direction generally parallel to the plane of the baclr part of said shell.

Q. A garment trimming element the rear of which is free from a sew-on protuberance and comprising an imperforate fiat-back metal-shell, a fabric cover incasing said shell and the marginal portions of which are infolded within the shell, a stiff filling member fitting tightly within the shell and in frictional contact with said infolded marginal portions of the fabric cover, and a front member' fitted to the metal shell, that part of the fabric cover which conceals the rear of said shell being free from direct attachment thereto and affording means for sewing the garment trimming element to a dress fabric, or the like, by stitches which pass through said fabric cover and lie in a direction generally parallel to the plane of the flat back part of said shell.

In testimony whereof 1 have hereunto subscribed my name.

JOSEPH H. STYLES.

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